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Lindsay (1760 KP) rated I Love a Book in Books

Aug 30, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)  
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I Love a Book
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I Love a Book is done well. I love the pictures and it keeps me fantastic. Young Children would love looking at the pictures for hours. It would keep them to turning the page. The story is sweet as well. I believe it rhymes and make it more of a poem for parts of it.

The author does a wonderfully with it. It also might about the author when he was a young boy. You have young children that love books will this book talk about books throughout. It great for readers and parents but also for children that want learn about books a bit as well.
  
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
2017 | Drama, Musical
I was very much behind the times with this one and only watched it last Christmas. I'd heard many times over how brilliant it was that I was almost scared to watch it as usually films fail to live up to the hype. I can't say I was completely bowled over by it but I did thoroughly enjoy it. The songs were amazing, the "Never Enough" scene actually gave me goosebumps and I kept rewinding it to watch again. That was the stand out moment for me. Not sure whether I would watch it again but I have bought the soundtrack and listen to it regularly.
  
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Deborah (162 KP) rated The Rival in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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The Rival
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A gripping read, but domestic violence, child abuse, incest, adultery, suicide, abduction, murder.... it did put you through the wringer a bit!

I felt it wasn't wrapped up as well as it could have been - some things left me feeling unsatisfied. A few inconsistencies - for example a character badly sprains or possibly breaks an ankle. This is a hindrance while it needs to be, but a few hours later it seems to be OK again.

If Olivia knew what she knew about her husband all along, I can't see why she didn't use it to her advantage earlier?

Gripping while it lasted, but I don't think I could read it again.
  
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Kate (493 KP) rated The I-Land in TV

Nov 14, 2019  
The I-Land
The I-Land
2019 |
9
7.5 (2 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Unexpected ending
This show had me hooked and I binged watched it in 2 days (there are only 7 episodes). Someone said it was similar to lost when they first started watching it. It had twist and turns in it that I did not see coming. The story line was great and when watching it it made sense more and more why things were happening and what people were doing.
The ending was so unexpected to me and I was disappointed it was finished as I wanted to see what else happened with the remaining cast.
I would definitely watch the second season should there be one.
Netflix series.
  
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Jack McBrayer recommended Jaws (1975) in Movies (curated)

 
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
1975 | Thriller

"Jaws was the first scary movie I ever saw. Even though I did hate it and it made me scared of sharks, it stuck with me. Every time it’s on, I do have to watch it. Especially now that you know the behind the scenes stuff. The shark didn’t work. So then it became a creative choice to just not show the shark until two-thirds in. It was freezing cold and these people had to be in the ocean. Then, the ocean was freezing so these people were freezing cold and raining and all of that kind of stuff. It just made it more movie magic for me."

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Moby recommended Man Facing Southeast (1986) in Movies (curated)

 
Man Facing Southeast (1986)
Man Facing Southeast (1986)
1986 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Number three, I don’t know the name of the director [Ed. note: Eliseo Subiela], unfortunately, but it was a movie made in the ’80s called Man Facing Southeast. It’s an Argentine film. I should really find out who the director is, ’cause I saw it a bunch of times in an art theater in the mid ’80s when it was released. I fell in love with it and I dragged all of my friends to go see it, and of course none of them liked it as much as I did, but something about it I just found incredibly powerful and it really resonated with me."

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Carry on: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
Carry on: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
Rainbow Rowell | 2016 | Children
8
8.6 (20 Ratings)
Book Rating
I am attempting to sum this up and I can't. I liked it I really really liked it! I found it took me ages to finish because it was slow in some place but once I'd got onto the last quarter I couldn't put it down and it seemed to have such a slow build up and then suddenly it was like ahhh! Everything at once! I really did like it though,I loved how each chapter was from someone else's perspective, I think that gave the story lots of different angles and I loved the "book one" "book two" and the illustrations on these pages.
  
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Dead Sexy Dragon (Dragon Heat, #1)
6
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
This started quite strong and I was enjoying it but then at the 50% mark when the sex started I...got bored. I don't know what's wrong with me lately, but sex scenes are annoying me.

Anyway, I liked the plot, though the thing with Cora was a bit of a surprise (I wont spoilt it by mentioning it in my review) near the end.

With it being short (finishes around the 85% mark) there wasn't that much to it, but it was good for a short read. And it being a paranormal romance with a dragon shifter makes it slightly different to all the others out there.
  
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
2017 | Horror
Loved the new vibe . the story line . (0 more)
3 dolls what it got a little confused (0 more)
Like it but could have been better
I liked it but hated the multiple chuckie dolls lol